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Table 5 Blood Pressure control and results of Nurse’s Burnout

From: Occupational burnout and empathy influence blood pressure control in primary care physicians

Nurses

 

Low Burnout

Medium Burnout

High Burnout

All

p

Patients undernurses’ care

n

96888

54441

1496

152825

 

Patients with adequate blood pressure managementa

n (%)

37500 (38.7%)

20593 (37.83%)

568 (37.97%)

58661 (38.38%)

0.0011

95% CI

[38.4% – 39.01%]

[37.42% – 38.23%]

[35.51% – 40.43%]

[38.14% – 38.63%]

 

Systolic blood pressure in overall population

mean (SD)

127.67 (15.1)

128.52 (15.7)

128.96 (17.8)

127.98 (15.3)

<0.0012

95% CI

[127.5 – 127.8]

[128.3 – 128.7]

[127.5 - 130.4]

[127.9 - 128.1]

 

median [IQR]

129 [119–137]

130 [119–138]

130 [119–136]

129 [119–137]

 

Blood control levels in overall population

     

<0.0011

 <130 mmHg

n (%)

19354 (51.61%)

10258 (49.81%)

280 (49.3%)

29892 (50.96%)

 

95% CI

[51.1% – 52.12%]

[49.13% – 50.5%]

[45.18% – 53.41%]

[50.55% – 51.36%]

 

 130 – 140 mmHg

n (%)

11368 (30.31%)

6063 (29.44%)

212 (37.32%)

17643 (30.08%)

 

95% CI

[29.85% – 30.78%]

[28.82% – 30.06%]

[33.35% – 41.3%]

[29.71% – 30.45%]

 

 >140 mmHg

n (%)

6778 (18.07%)

4272 (20.74%)

76 (13.38%)

11126 (18.97%)

 

95% CI

[17.69% – 18.46%]

[20.19% – 21.3%]

[10.58% – 16.18%]

[18.65% – 19.28%]

 

Hypertensive Patients

n (%)

2937 (3.03%)

1534 (2.82%)

46 (3.07%)

4517 (2.96%)

0.0321

95% CI

[2.92% – 3.14%]

[2.68% – 2.96%]

[2.2% – 3.95%]

[2.87%3.04%]

 

Systolic blood pressure in hypertensive population

mean (SD)

130.34 (15.3)

131.84 (15)

125.8 (17.6)

130.8 (15.2)

0.0132

95% CI

[129.7 – 131]

[130.9 – 132.8]

[118.1 – 133.5]

[130.3 – 131.3]

 

median [IQR]

130 [120–138.5]

132 [122–140]

126 [112.5 – 141]

130 [121–139]

 

Blood control levels in hypertensive population

     

0.0211

 <130 mmHg

n (%)

886 (42.6%)

408 (40.16%)

11 (55%)

1305 (41.88%)

 

95% CI

[40.47% – 44.72%]

[37.14% – 43.17%]

[33.2% – 76.8%]

[40.15% – 43.61%]

 

 130 – 140 mmHg

n (%)

733 (35.24%)

328 (32.28%)

4 (20%)

1065 (34.18%)

 

95% CI

[33.19% – 37.29%]

[29.41% – 35.16%]

[2.47% – 37.53%]

[32.51% – 35.84%]

 

 >140 mmHg

n (%)

461 (22.16%)

280 (27.56%)

5 (25%)

746 (23.94%)

 

95% CI

[20.38% – 23.95%]

[24.81% - 30.31%]

[6.02% - 43.98%]

[22.44% - 25.44%]

 
  1. a. At least two correctly recorded readings taken on different days. 1: Chi-square linear-by-linear association Test 2: ANOVA test